13-year-old missing girl from Hitchcock to be reunited with family a week after her disappearance

The desperate search for Leanna Willis ended Thursday after she was found in Kansas City, Missouri. She's now headed back to be with her relatives.

Missing 13-year-old Leanna Willis of Hitchcock, Texas, is set to reunite with her family after she was found in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday.The missing Hitchcock, Texas girl who prompted an Amber Alert and was later found in a different state is set to be reunited with her family on Friday.

Hitchcock police said 13-year-old Leanna Willis had been missing for nearly a week after she was last seen Friday, June 9, getting into a silver four-door Toyota Camry with an unknown Black man.On Thursday, authorities announced Leanna was found nearly 800 miles away in Kansas City, Missouri, at an apartment complex.

Police said Leanna was with a man who is not a relative but did not release any additional information about him. Authorities previously learned Leanna would chat with adult men online through various platforms and believed her disappearance might be connected to online solicitation. Officials plan to release more information about her disappearance during an afternoon press conference Friday.For more on this story, follow Mycah Hatfield on

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